128 results about "Anti-Apoptotic Proteins" patented technology

The present invention relates to naturally occurring and chemically synthesized small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins. In particular, the present invention provides gossypol compounds (e.g., isomers, enantiomers, racemic compounds, metabolites, derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, in combination with acids or bases, and the like) and methods of using these compounds as antagonists of the anti-apoptotic effects of Bcl-2 family member proteins (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and the like). The present invention also provides compositions comprising gossypol compounds and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents (e.g., anticancer / chemotherapeutic agents). The present invention also provides methods for treating diseases and pathologies (e.g., neoplastic diseases) comprising administering a composition comprising gossypol compounds and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents (e.g., anticancer / chemotherapeutic agents) and / or techniques (e.g., radiation therapies, surgical interventions, and the like) to a subject or in vitro cells, tissues, and organs.

The present invention provides compositions comprising a chimeric molecule comprising a cytotoxin that inhibits protein synthesis and an agent that inactivates an anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family member protein and methods of inhibiting the growth of or promoting the apoptosis of an aberrantly proliferating cell population by co-administering the chimeric molecule and the agent that inactivates an anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family member protein.

This invention relates to pulsatile dose administration of gossypol or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases, disorders and conditions responsive to gossypol, inhibiting the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, inducing apoptosis in cells and increasing the sensitivity of cells to inducers of apoptosis.

The present invention relates to small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins such as Bcl-2 and / or Bcl-XL. In particular, the present invention provides non-peptide cell permeable small molecules (e.g., tricyclo-dibenzo-diazocine-dioxides) that bind to a pocket in Bcl-2 / Bcl-XL that block the anti-apoptotic function of these proteins in cancer cells and tumor tissues exhibiting Bcl-2 protein overexpression. In preferred embodiments, the small molecules of the present invention are active at the BH3 binding pocket of Bcl-2 family proteins (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and Mcl-1). The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful therapeutics for cancerous diseases either alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic or other drugs.

The invention is an assay designed to identify agents that modulate apoptosis. The invention provides an assay system and methods for screening for inhibitors of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. In various aspects the invention provides an assay system containing a liposome reagent and an immobilized BH3 domain peptide. In further aspects the invention provides an assay system containing mitochondria, an immobilized BH3 domain peptide and a mitochondrial binding agent, e.g. an anti-VDAC anti-body.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer treatment comprising compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. In some aspects, the invention relates to the treatment of B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as, for example, B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. Combination therapy with, for example, 26S proteasome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib, are also included. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.

The present invention provides a therapeutic combination comprising (a) a compound of formula (I) as set forth in the specification and (b) one or more antineoplastic agents selected from the group consisting of an alkylating or alkylating-like agent, an antimetabolite agent, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, a topoisomerase 11 inhibitor, an inhibitor of a growth factor or of a growth factor receptor, an antimitotic agent, a proteasome inhibitor, an inhibitor of an anti-apoptotic protein and an antibody directed against a cell surface protein, wherein the active ingredients are present in each case in lice form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or any hydrate thereof.

The present invention relates to a compositions for and methods for cancer treatment, for example, hematopoietic cancers (e.g. B-cell Lymphoma). In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more of the disclosed compounds and, for example, 26S proteasome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with the disclosed compounds. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.

Undifferentiated primordial stem cells are manipulated to permit their long term growth in defined media lacking serum and feeder layer cells by shifting the apoptotic balance of the cells, through increasing the activity of Bcl-2 family anti-apoptotic proteins or decreasing the activity of Bcl-2 family pro-apoptotic proteins. In some embodiments of the invention, the Bcl family protein is Bcl-2. The ES cells sustain the characteristics of undifferentiated, pluripotent stem cells during long-term serum- and feeder layer cell-free conditions, including the ability to be expanded in vitro, but maintain their potential to differentiate into mature cell types.

This invention relates to pulsatile dose administration of gossypol, a gossypol-related compound or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases, disorders and conditions responsive to gossypol or gossypol-related compound, inhibiting the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, inducing apoptosis in cells and increasing the sensitivity of cells to inducers of apoptosis.